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Introducing Cluny–a multidisciplinary organization whose mission is to invest in the human person through education, publications, events, and community-building. Ex umbris et in profundum.

I suspect that many people have been scrolling on phones while the person who could have become the love of their life walked by, unnoticed

RT @lukeburgis: Attnetion NYC-area people: if you attended @NOV1TATE in November and would like to get together for a happy hour with fello…

René Girard, Race, and Cultural Desire—a critically important conversation from @NOV1TATE 2023. With @coldxman, @thomaschattwill, and @LesterSpence, moderated by @anecdotal.

“We see love, of course, in the intrinsic response to the goodness of a person” - Michael Matheson Miller

Ryan Resch, Asst GM @Suns talking about the complexities that arise among players striving to emulate the playing styles of basketball icons such as Steph Curry and LeBron James. This imitation-driven desire can lead to challenging dynamics within the team.

Desires rooted in materialism lead to a dead-end road. If we harbor ideas about the person we will become once we attain our pursued goals, we will continually find ourselves on the hamster wheel of life with little satisfaction.

Success can be a corrupting force. Stay mission aligned and know the why ...

A conversation that needed to be had—about free speech, censorship, mimesis, and the new media landscape, at @NOV1TATE 2023

Walter Kirn raised compelling points concerning the evolution of attitudes toward misinformation as the free internet gained unprecedented influence over politics and culture on a massive scale.

Intellectual rigor, spiritual depth, practical action—all in one place. This is how a future worthy of human life and love gets built.

To whom and what do you conform? #desire #mimeticdesire #renegirard

From navigating mimetic rivalry to defying conformity, Rene Girard's life serves as a compelling case study in cultivating awareness of one's desires. #mimeticdesire #desire #rivalry #culture

The runway is a canvas where #fashion whispers stories of emulation and aspiration. What we wear is not just a garment; it's a reflection of our #desires and of whom we conform. NOVITATE 23' Alexandra Winokur, President of Christian @Dior Couture Americas

In "The Logic of Envy", I... - argue that envy is a useful lens to understand behavior, - show influences of the modern world conspiring to fuel our envy, - suggest ways to "opt out" by cultivating privacy, humility, and intentionality. https://t.co/dF8VP0U2hC

Here is @walterkirn at @NOV1TATE speaking as part of a featured panel, “EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING: The New Media Landscape”, alongside @hamishmckenzie and @noUpside, with yeoman’s work done by @DouthatNYT as moderator. Full hour-long discussion to come. Will announce.

Some things capture the “global mimetic imagination”, and others do not. Why?@thomaschattwill shared his thoughts to an excellent question by @g_shullenberger at @NOV1TATE “Global reality is so mediated through social media, and the lingua franca of social media is the English

Harry Belafonte once asked Martin Luther King, “What should we do?” King replied that we should “become the firemen.” His exhortation: “Let us not stand by and let the house burn.” @LesterSpence in conversation with @coldxman and @thomaschattwill, moderated by @anecdotal 🔥